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Refugee Week Festival 15-22nd June 2024.Birmingham’s annual festival of music art from around the world 🙌 showcasing the work of highly acclaimed refugee and migrant artists, plus refugee and community groups.
With live music, information stalls, arts and crafts and workshops we promise you will leave happier and more inspired than when you arrived.
AVA - A fantastic Anglo-Persian group who play fantastic compositions in their native tongue accompanied by kora & flamenco guitar🎶 Look forward to Iranian singer Mina Fatemi and John Berry delivering emotive and poetic melodies
Birmingham Passage Trio - (Germa Adan, Xhosa Cole & Azizi Cole)
An interdisciplinary arts production inspired by layered stories of migration linked to the Windrush generation and the stories and origins of the artists presenting this unique work. Portraying a different generations passage into a place and how migration can bring a new perspective for both sides of the lens. Originally a new collaborative work by Germa Adan and Xhosa Cole, commissioned by Celebrating Sanctuary in 2022, supported by the Feeney Trust.
Germa Adan - Musician, composer, singer-songwriter, who summons profound artistic depth from the abundant well of her Haitian heritage. Creating a tapestry of ethereal vocal and stringed harmonies, influenced by the overlapping identity with cultures, especially so in the Haitian, American and British folk influences that colour her sound.
Xhosa Cole - Critically acclaimed saxophonist, flautist and composer, Xhosa Cole is an embodiment of the success of numerous community outreach arts programmes in Birmingham.Recipient of, BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year Award (2018), Parliamentary Jazz Award for Best Newcomer (2020), Xhosa was also nominated for the Jazz FM Breakthrough act. He has been involved in various collaborative, performance and compositional opportunities that have helped to establish him as an emerging name on the UK scene.
Azizi Cole - Born and raised in Handsworth, Azizi’s early focus was dance, starting his training with ACE Youth. Going on to explore his creativity through music, Azizi spent several years touring
some of the UK’s most renowned music venues and festivals. Moving to Leeds In 2015, he became an accompanist for Phoenix Dance Theatre and Northern School of Contemporary Dance,
composing, choreographing and teaching, merging his music and dance practices.
We'll be announcing more artists as the weeks go on so keep your eyes peeled.
https://www.celebrating-sanctuary.org.uk
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Symphony Hall, Birmingham, United Kingdom
